Miyajima
Thursday 22nd September 2011
Visited Miyajima in the afternoon.
Japan September 2011
John's Pictures

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Breakfast today - atsuage (fried tofu) and today's miso soup contained daikon.

10:21:50
Japanese ironing boards are somewhat smaller than their Western counterparts.

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A mid morning cup of earl grey.

12:06:09
School kids being made to do some kind of marching exercise.

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I bought this tie for 100 Yen (less than a pound), and liked it so much I immediately put it on.

13:01:50
I didn't like this bread as much as my tie.

13:58:49
On the ferry on the way to Miyajima now - that's Chie's friend Mana-chan.

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Yes I kept the tie on.

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Trying the new "ice momiji manju" after arriving on the island.

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They weren't actually very good - the ice cream was far too hard.

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I rather like this picture.

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This was taken by a Japanese man who was standing nearby, and offered to take a picture. He seemed quite fussy about how exactly he wanted the picture to be taken, but I'm not sure I really like the end result that much!

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On the way into the Itsukushima Shrine, where we got married.

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The actual ceremony took place inside that hall.

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Classic place to take a picture in the shrine - you have to queue for it!

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15:17:08
In Miyajima Aquarium.

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After leaving the aqurium...

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Chie and Mana-chan having some maccha kakigori (green tea flavoured crushed ice).

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We bought seven momiji manju from seven different shops, so we could try them all and see which we liked best.

17:26:54
On the ferry on the way back to the mainland.

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19:19:30
Dinner - a kind of "ofu" (wheat gluten) battered and fried.

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Chie's Dad with the Bunnahabhain we brought as a present.

20:16:35
The seven momiji manju we bought to figure out which we liked best (the one in the white packet in the top left hand corner was our favourite - I think the shop was called Fuji).